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All results from a given calculation for C6H5COOH (benzoic acid)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-420.976099
Energy at 298.15K-420.983172
HF Energy-420.976099
Nuclear repulsion energy405.342225
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at B3LYP/TZVP
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3751 3621 92.21      
2 A' 3216 3105 2.22      
3 A' 3208 3097 5.02      
4 A' 3195 3085 11.89      
5 A' 3186 3076 10.30      
6 A' 3175 3065 0.38      
7 A' 1788 1726 362.27      
8 A' 1645 1588 18.48      
9 A' 1623 1567 5.58      
10 A' 1529 1476 1.34      
11 A' 1487 1436 16.19      
12 A' 1367 1320 111.02      
13 A' 1356 1309 7.38      
14 A' 1340 1293 2.12      
15 A' 1214 1172 47.39      
16 A' 1191 1150 117.82      
17 A' 1190 1149 65.37      
18 A' 1118 1079 34.21      
19 A' 1091 1053 129.28      
20 A' 1049 1012 20.96      
21 A' 1023 987 0.32      
22 A' 777 750 7.95      
23 A' 642 620 47.57      
24 A' 635 613 0.59      
25 A' 499 482 6.21      
26 A' 385 372 4.79      
27 A' 217 210 1.40      
28 A" 1006 971 0.05      
29 A" 990 955 0.06      
30 A" 950 917 1.31      
31 A" 866 836 0.04      
32 A" 810 782 0.36      
33 A" 725 700 140.05      
34 A" 684 660 0.70      
35 A" 586 566 72.88      
36 A" 426 411 8.78      
37 A" 411 397 0.78      
38 A" 156 151 0.67      
39 A" 59 57 0.94      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25281.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9654) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24406.6 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B3LYP/TZVP
ABC
0.12982 0.04093 0.03112

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.226 0.000
C2 1.286 -0.320 0.000
C3 1.452 -1.697 0.000
C4 0.338 -2.533 0.000
C5 -0.944 -1.991 0.000
C6 -1.117 -0.614 0.000
C7 -0.132 1.691 0.000
O8 0.800 2.473 0.000
O9 -1.431 2.099 0.000
H10 2.138 0.346 0.000
H11 2.449 -2.120 0.000
H12 0.469 -3.608 0.000
H13 -1.809 -2.643 0.000
H14 -2.109 -0.183 0.000
H15 -1.386 3.065 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 O8 O9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15
C11.39722.41012.78002.41031.39811.47022.38452.35672.14143.39153.86343.39202.14823.1592
C21.39721.38692.40702.78642.42102.46092.83493.63781.08192.14273.38773.86933.39734.3131
C32.41011.38691.39232.41362.78813.74014.22064.76682.15561.08292.14863.39493.86895.5441
C42.78002.40701.39231.39172.40844.24985.02694.95843.39552.15071.08342.14963.39215.8577
C52.41032.78642.41361.39171.38833.77044.79274.11953.86813.39502.14771.08292.15065.0759
C61.39812.42102.78812.40841.38832.50633.63382.73133.39403.87103.38892.14371.08083.6890
C71.47022.46093.74014.24983.77042.50631.21721.36092.63884.60275.33314.64672.72361.8605
O82.38452.83494.22065.02694.79273.63381.21722.26202.51234.87966.09005.74273.93932.2657
O92.35673.63784.76684.95844.11952.73131.36092.26203.97605.73166.01564.75742.38140.9669
H102.14141.08192.15563.39553.86813.39402.63882.51233.97602.48574.29204.95104.27974.4515
H113.39152.14271.08292.15073.39503.87104.60274.87965.73162.48572.47624.28944.95186.4494
H123.86343.38772.14861.08342.14773.38895.33316.09006.01564.29202.47622.47444.28686.9268
H133.39203.86933.39492.14961.08292.14374.64675.74274.75744.95104.28942.47442.47775.7238
H142.14823.39733.86893.39212.15061.08082.72363.93932.38144.27974.95184.28682.47773.3280
H153.15924.31315.54415.85775.07593.68901.86052.26570.96694.45156.44946.92685.72383.3280

picture of benzoic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.911 C1 C2 H10 118.934
C1 C6 C5 119.774 C1 C6 H14 119.584
C1 C7 O8 124.800 C1 C7 O9 112.643
C2 C1 C6 120.012 C2 C1 C7 118.211
C2 C3 C4 120.009 C2 C3 H11 119.850
C3 C2 H10 121.155 C3 C4 C5 120.215
C3 C4 H12 119.907 C4 C3 H11 120.141
C4 C5 C6 120.079 C4 C5 H13 120.096
C5 C4 H12 119.878 C5 C6 H14 120.642
C6 C1 C7 121.777 C6 C5 H13 119.826
C7 O9 H15 104.857 O8 C7 O9 122.557
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.096      
2 C -0.095      
3 C -0.092      
4 C -0.092      
5 C -0.090      
6 C -0.074      
7 C 0.205      
8 O -0.318      
9 O -0.287      
10 H 0.148      
11 H 0.119      
12 H 0.119      
13 H 0.119      
14 H 0.143      
15 H 0.291      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.169 -1.719 0.000 2.079
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -49.206 -6.099 0.000
y -6.099 -46.589 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -54.712
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.444 -6.099 0.000
y -6.099 5.371 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -6.814
Polar
3z2-r2-13.629
x2-y2-2.618
xy-6.099
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 13.586 -0.255 0.000
y -0.255 16.801 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.612


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 329.522
(<r2>)1/2 18.153